Problem with SPLIT with "multiple" separators

[matteo_montalto]

Hello gurus,

I'm dealing with a simple task on text strings.

Showing it with an example: please consider that:

tb_text_unroll is a table with many fields; the relevant fact is that TDLINE field has type "STRING".

itab_tdline is a table containing just a field, TDLINE, which is a CHAR of length 132.

Here's a sketch of code:

   LOOP AT tb_text_unroll INTO wa_text_unroll.

     REFRESH itab_tdline.

     SPLIT wa_text_unroll-TDLINE AT CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>NEWLINE INTO TABLE itab_tdline.

  ....

CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>NEWLINE is a separator which is often represented in char strings ad a sharp (#).

The problem is this: if wa_text_unroll-TDLINE contains a string which is longer than 132 chars AND the # separator follows that 132nd position, the string isn't correctly splitted into the table.

In example, strings like

"This is a short example of text which will not be correctly splitted as the next separator occours only after the 132nd position, and this leads to the odd behaviour described above.#How can I solve it?#Thanks."

will be splitted in the following three rows of itab_tdline:

This is a short example of text which will not be correctly splitted as the next separator occours only after the 132nd

position, an

How can I solve it?

Thanks.

as you can see, a part of the string, from the 133rd position to the separator, is lost.

Is there a way to consider multiple separators on the SPLIT clause? Something like "split at NewLine OR if the string exceed 132 chars" ?

Of course there should be many workarounds, like doing a multiple split in sequence, anyway I'd like to know what's the best solution in your opinion.

Thanks in advance,

M.

[Jelena]

Google -> convert string to char site:sap.com

The first link from the top has a solution: http://scn.sap.com/thread/1489987